VLADIVOSTOK (Interstat) — Artyom Zagidulin made 16 saves and Spartak Moscow scored four unanswered goals to beat Admiral Vladivostok 5-1 on Friday in a Kontinental Hockey League game at Fetisov Arena. The victory pushed Spartak to 9-7 this season. Admiral fell to 5-10. The game drew 5,222.

Yegor Filin opened the scoring for Spartak at 2:45, with Sergei Lukyantsev assisting. Spartak’s Dmitry Vishnevsky was called for holding at 3:43. Admiral’s Anthony Camara received a tripping penalty at 26:10. Vladislav Tsitsyura of Admiral was whistled for tripping at 36:36. Admiral tied the game at 37:35 when Alexander S. Volkov scored, with Semyon Ibragimov and Libor Sulak getting assists. Dzhelal-Ad-Din Amirbekov of Admiral was called for tripping at 38:46.

Spartak took over from there. Daniil Gutik of Spartak was called for tripping at 43:55, and Camara received another tripping penalty at 44:34. Ivan M. Ryabov scored unassisted at 45:08 to make it 2-1. Alexander Vl. Belyayev then scored at 46:26 with assists from Mikhail G. Maltsev and Maxime Comtois. Nikita Kholodilin made it 4-1 at 47:07, with Joseph Keane and Zagidulin assisting. Admiral’s Oskar Bulavchuk received a five-minute cross-checking major at 48:06. Pavel Poryadin capped the scoring at 57:33 with assists from Lucas Lockhart and Gutik. In the final minute, Kyle Olson and Fyodor Kroshchinsky of Admiral and Belyayev of Spartak received roughing penalties at 59:28. Spartak’s Silanty Kozhushko was called for tripping at 59:41. Camara received a five-minute fisticuffs penalty at 59:53, and Spartak’s Sergei Lukyantsev was given a two-minute interference penalty at the same time.

Zagidulin was Spartak’s top star, stopping 16 of 17 shots. Poryadin had one goal on four shots. Kholodilin scored on two shots, and Ryabov scored on two shots. Volkov scored Admiral’s lone goal on two shots and added two hits. Filin scored on three shots for Spartak. Sulak had one assist, five shots and two hits for Admiral. Comtois had one assist, five shots and five hits for Spartak. Lockhart added one assist and one shot, while Keane had one assist. Admiral’s lone goal came on its 17th shot of the game.

Zagidulin had made 27 saves on 30 shots in his previous appearance against Barys Astana. Spartak entered Friday after wins at Amur Khabarovsk and HC Sochi. Earlier this season, Spartak beat HC Sochi 5-2, lost to Barys Astana 4-3 in a shootout, fell to Metallurg Magnitogorsk 2-0, lost to Traktor Chelyabinsk 4-2, lost to Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 4-2, lost to Avangard Omsk 2-1 in overtime, lost at Salavat Yulaev Ufa 3-1, and beat Traktor Chelyabinsk 3-1. Admiral had won an overtime game against Lada Togliatti, lost 3-0 at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, beat Metallurg 5-2, lost 6-5 in a shootout at SKA Saint Petersburg, beat Severstal Cherepovets 4-3 in a shootout, lost to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 5-3, lost to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2-1, lost to CSKA Moscow 4-3 in a shootout, beat Severstal Cherepovets 2-0, and lost to Dynamo Moscow 3-2. Spartak’s win came on the road against an Admiral team that had won three of its previous five games. Spartak next hosts CSKA Moscow, then faces Severstal Cherepovets, Shanghai Dragons, trips to Severstal and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, and home games against Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Dinamo Minsk and Amur Khabarovsk. Admiral next hosts Salavat Yulaev Ufa and Barys Astana, visits Amur Khabarovsk, Lada Togliatti and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, hosts Amur Khabarovsk, SKA Saint Petersburg and Barys Astana, and visits Barys Astana and Spartak Moscow.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Spartak 3, Admiral 2. Interstat’s ELO system gave Spartak a 67.1 percent probability to win. The total score of 6 went under the over/under line of 4.5.